02710nam 2200685Ia 450 991081608750332120200520144314.01-383-03533-41-281-86571-097866118657190-19-155044-210.1093/oso/9780199214648.001.0001(CKB)1000000000707764(EBL)415191(OCoLC)476240763(SSID)ssj0000128132(PQKBManifestationID)12045193(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128132(PQKBWorkID)10063486(PQKB)10587139(Au-PeEL)EBL415191(CaPaEBR)ebr10266543(CaONFJC)MIL186571(MiAaPQ)EBC415191(OCoLC)1406786167(StDuBDS)9781383035339(EXLCZ)99100000000070776420080603d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConceiving the empire China and Rome compared /edited by Fritz-Heiner Mutschler, Achim MittagOxford Oxford University Pressc20081 online resource (502 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineFormerly CIP.UkPreviously issued in print: 2008.0-19-921464-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Abbreviations-Note on Romanization and Citation; List of Illustrations and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface; PART I. THE BIRTH OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER; PART II. THE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED EMPIRE; PART III. THE WANING OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER; Epilogue; Chronological Table; Maps of Ancient China and Rome; Glossary of Chinese Characters; Index of Names; Index of SubjectsA collection of essays, by a team of experts in sinology and classical studies, exploring the mental images and symbolical representations of 'empire' that developed in the two most powerful political entities of antiquity: China and Rome.Oxford scholarship online.History, AncientHistoriographyImperialismHistoriographyChinaHistoryHan dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.DRomeHistoryEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.DHistory, AncientHistoriography.ImperialismHistoriography.931.04Mutschler Fritz-Heiner497265Mittag Achim1958-1604494MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816087503321Conceiving the empire3929364UNINA